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3 hrs ago | PennLive.com

A mock terrorist-plot exercise at the Farm Show Complex

The Department of Defense led a training exercise on June 19, 2013 bringing many groups together to train them to react to a dirty-bomb attack situation.

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7 hrs ago | Bureau County Republican

Grunloh-Canfield

Carlie Jerrell Grunloh of Bradford and Cody Lee Canfield of Tremont are announcing their engagement and approaching marriage.

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11 hrs ago | CBS Local

National Guardsman Suing Target For Wrongful Firing

An active-duty member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard is suing Target after he was allegedly fired for not showing up to work due to mandatory military training.

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14 hrs ago | Free Republic

Doing the enemy's job: Sequestration is crippling the Air...

The problem traces back to 2011, when lawmakers approved a plan for across-the-board budget cuts that would kick in if a special panel couldn't reach compromises during a debt limit showdown.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US News, Life, Veteran Affairs, Nellis Air Force Base

19 hrs ago | The Times

Ted Cox has faith in the youth he serves

It was early 2004, and several hundred members of the Shreveport-based 1/156th Armor Battalion were preparing to go to war.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Air Force Times

Retirement credits add up for some Guard, Reserve

Members of the 129th Rescue Wing from the California Air National Guard earn day-to-day credits toward early retirement for up to 90 days deployed within a fiscal year.

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The Burlington Free Press

Sex offender admits to impersonating soldier while hiding in Vermont

A convicted sex offender from Washington State has admitted in federal court to impersonating a soldier from North Carolina while hiding out in Vermont.

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Related Topix: Vermont, Prison, Rutland, VT, US Military, Burlington, VT

The Baltimore Sun

Maryland National Guard, city partner to renovate fire station

A 60-year-old fire station in Mount Washington is getting a tune-up this week from a team of Maryland National Guard engineers as part of a new civic partnership aimed at benefiting the community while providing on-the-job training for deploying guardsmen.

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Related Topix: US Military, Rawlings, MD

Journal Gazette

Bill to bar military base closings advances

Yearly defense authorization bills in the House and Senate also would keep the Starbase education program under the Pentagon's jurisdiction.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Wayne, IN, US News, US Air Force, US Politics, Representative Joe Donnelly, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Tucson Post

Arizona guardsman sentenced on Mass. drug charges

A sergeant in the Arizona National Guard who served in Iraq has been sentenced to three years in a Massachusetts prison after pleading guilty to his role in a scheme to move $1 million worth of cocaine from Mexico to Canada.Gerardo Flores of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced Monday in Salem Superior Court on drug charges.The 29-year-old Flores was one ... (more)

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KCRG

Iowa Army National Guard Soldiers Return Home

Members of several units of the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, Iowa Army National Guard, stand during a homecoming ceremony at the Iowa Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility #3 in Davenport, on Wednesday, 23, 2011.

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WKXW-FM Trenton

New App Helps New Jersey Veterans [AUDIO]

If you are a New Jersey veteran returning home from deployment and you're looking to find information on the many services available to help you in your transition back to civilian life, you have technology on your side.

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Related Topix: US Military, Iraq, World News, Bound Brook, NJ

Air Force Times

Military funeral procession changes

An Air Force honor guard team from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., participates in a burial ceremony.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

U.S. Department of Defense

Colorado Guardsmen Battle Fire on Father's Day

The Black Forest fire is keeping at least 150 Colorado National Guard members busy, including those fathers who were away from home yesterday on the day set aside to honor them.

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Related Topix: US Military, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Colorado Springs, CO

Bellingham Herald

Tapping feet to a military band beat

About 700 people, including fathers of all ages, enjoyed an afternoon of rousing and uplifting band music, beginning with hand-over-heart versions of national anthems "O Canada" and "The Star-Spangled Banner," and ending with service songs for branches of the military in the U.S. and Canada.

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Foster's Daily Democrat

Flight surgeon's talk in Rochester

Col. Nathan Jorgensen will be the featured military career speaker at 6 pm on June 20 at the meeting of the Civil Air Patrol Highlanders Cadet Squadron.

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Related Topix: Rochester, NH, US Military, US Air Force, US Navy, US News, Medicine, Anesthesiology

Contra Costa Times

Colorado wildfire: Homicide investigation slows letting people go home

JUNE 16: Chris Butterfield, of the Army National Guard 1157 fire unit, hugs his wife, Julie, as he and other crews return to the incident command post during a shift change at Pine Creek High School as shifts change.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, US Military, Black Forest, CO, El Paso County, CO

WAOW

Wisconsin National Guard members face furloughs

Sunday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms possible as the evening progresses.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin, US Military, Weather, Rib Lake, WI, Tornado, Natural Disasters

Today's TMJ4

Sequester hits federal workers in Wisconsin National Guard

National furloughs will be affecting hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard members this summer.

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WHIO

National Guard museum extends summer hours

Starting July 1, the museum will open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday and the third Thursday of the months through September.

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